Potter s wheel



(No Model.)

B. F. SHELDON.

POTTERS WHEEL. No. 337,632; Patented Mar. 9,1886.

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ATTORN EYS iJNTTEn STATES PATENT @rricno BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHELDON, OFRED WVING, MINNESOTA.

POTTERS WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 337,632, dated March 9,1886.

Application filed October 17, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHELDON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resident at Red Wing, in the county of Goodhue and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PottersWheels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure I of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is avertical section. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the butt-ring. Fig. 3 is atop view of the wheel-head.

This invention relates to potters wheels; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thewheel-head, and B the butt-ring, which is provided with recesses G inits bottom, which fit over the lugs D on the wheel-head A. Thewheel-head A is provided with openings A in its bottom, to pre- SerialNo. 180,160. (No model.)

vent it from being filled with clay and water. c

The butt-ring B is of iron, and is to be filled with plaster thediameter of the article to be turned.

The operation of my improved potter s wheel is as follows: Place thebutt-ring, constructed as above described, in the wheelhead, and turnthe pot or other article desired, and then set the butt-ring with thearticle turned away to dry. By this construction and method of procedureI dispense with the use of lifters, and obviate the danger of marring orgetting the article out of the shape in taking it off the wheel, as isnow done; besides, I save time in finishing.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with the wheel-head A, provided with the lugs D, of thebutt-ring B, provided with the recesses O in its bottom, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHELDON Witnesses:

J. O. MOOLURE, FRANK I-I. COLE.

